Month: March 2007

Around the Horn

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-Is it just me, or has Angelina Jolie gone from hottest woman in America to least attractive other than Tori Spelling in like two years? She looks like an alien with a broken jaw.

–Beware the Ides of March.

-Just because I stare longingly at George Bretts crotch doesn’t make me gay.

–Saturday is officially Hall and Oates Day in Philly. What? I can’t go for that, No, I-I-I-I-I-I, I can’t go. I can’t go for that.

–Jessica Simpson wants a baby. Which is kind of a coincidence, b/c I kind of want her to have my baby. What the hell, Jessica, let’s go for it!

Remember this one?


Here’s the highlight reel following that epic 1987 game between Indiana and Syracuse. I’ll never forget that game, with Steve Alford and Keith Smart vs. Rony Seikaly and Sherman Douglas. Give it a minute to start after the Hoosiers cut down the net. As for my favorite NCAA moment, I dunno, it might have been when Bo Kimble shot those left handed free throws and Loyola Marymount went on that improbably run to the FInal 8. I hate Laettner (who should have been kicked out of that game), and I have no love for NC State either, so I don’t really care about that one. Another game I remember was the West Virginia-Wake Forest game from a couple of years ago. That’s one of the best I’ve ever seen. And that Kentucky game where that guys three pointer hung on the rim for like 5 seconds. Any tourney memories you have?
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Around the Horn

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–Sylvester Stallone gets busted for 48 vials of HGH. I can’t understand why people are upset about this. I mean, ROCKY DOESN’T REALLY EXIST. He’s a movie character. Who cares if he’s using HGH? It’s not cheating. I don’t think Clubber Lang is like, “Bulls***! I would have killed that guy if he wasn’t cheating!”

–Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott just had a baby. The baby is expected to look like Nancy Grace and be remarkably devoid of talent.

–Al Gore takes some heat in the scientific community for his global warming film. I still can’t understand the backlash against it. I mean, what if we take precautionary measures, and, uh, pollute the air a lot less? Who’s really against that?

-The Israeli ambassador to El Salvador has been removed: El Salvador police found Raphael in the yard of his residence, tied up, gagged with a ball and drunk, Israeli media reported. El Salvador sounds fun.

Devastating Loss at Dark Horse

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Yeah, so last night I put together a fairly impressive team and set off for the Dark Horse to put Palestra Jon in his place. The team consisted of me, D-Mac, Smackdown, Trivia Art, and our buddy Jacques. Yep, three bloggers on the same team. The epitome of kool (with a K). Our team name was “We Mugged the 101 Year Old Lady”. We had attitude. We jokered Round One and got it perfect. After a so-so round two, we took the lead in the Speed Round by handing our paper in first. So we had a lead going into the final round. Then we crashed and burned. On two questions we really ate a sandwich. Both entirely my fault. For “What are the two longest running plays in Broadway history”, I thought Cats and Phantom of the Opera were too easy, so I went with Cats and Mousetrap. Then, on who is the oldest Hall of Fame baseball player still alive, I wrote down Yogi Berra, even though Jacques tried to convince me it was Phil Rizzuto. It was Phil Rizzuto. We lost by two to Palestra Jon’s team and finished 2nd. I’m still pissed. Damnit!

Get Fired Up!


Two more days, people. Two more days. But a quick complaint. What does everyone remember about last year’s final four? George Mason’s improbable run. I remember a ton of people saying right after that that the mid-majors were going to start getting the respect they deserve. Well, last year the mid-majors got 8 at large bids, this year they got six. They got less a year after one of them went all the way to the Final Four!!! Apparently the NCAA wants to lessen the chances of another Cinderella story. Uh, isn’t that what makes this whole tourney so great
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Quizzo Tonight

Hey peeps. Gonna be playing quizzo tonight at the Dark Horse (Headhouse Square) in case anyone wants to challenge me. You should probably stay home. You’re gonna lose. It starts at 9 p.m. (no, not like me. Actually at 9 p.m.)

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It’s the best time of the year to be a sports fan. By far the best playoff system in all of sports (with the possible exception of the sheer genius that is the BCS), the NCAA tournament will mean that I will spend four days this week, starting Thursday, on a barstool in front of a television for 12 hours each day. Try to stop me. Anyways, enough bluster, let’s make some picks. Here’s how it works. Click here, then enter the group ID #: 85004 and the password: goodtimes. Then make your picks. If you don’t already have a yahoo account, you have to create one. (Yeah, it sucks but it only takes a minute.) Don’t worry if you don’t know anything about basketball! The person who wins these things is always someone who picks the teams according to their jersey colors. Whoever gets the most points is gonna walk away with $125 in gift certificates to Barristers and $125 in cash. Barristers (1823 Sansom) has the Tourney Ticket, and will thus be showing every single tournament game. There will also be great beer and food specials I will tell you about soon.